Rapidweaver 3.5 public beta available today

[superted666]

Hi all,

The new version of realmac softwares rapidweaver is due for release in beta form today. Cant reccomend it enough over iweb and sandvox.

Check it out

(due for release around 12-1 GMT i think)

 

[liketom]

this is what i'm waiting for !!!!


Rapidweaver is getting better and better all the time

 

[Queso]

Great stuff. Without doubt this is the best web authoring tool for those of us who don't do it professionally.

 

[netdog]

Url?

 

[liketom]

Url?

http://www.realmacsoftware.com/blog/index.php


less the 2 hours to wait i think

 

[Glenn Wolsey]

I just talked to Dan (the developer of RapidWeaver), 2 hours till launch!

 

[netdog]

http://www.realmacsoftware.com/blog/index.php


less the 2 hours to wait i think

Oh, it launches in a couple of hours. LOL. That's why I couldn't find it on their site. Thanks for the URL. Really looking forward to trying this!

 

[liketom]

Oh, it launches in a couple of hours. LOL. That's why I couldn't find it on their site. Thanks for the URL. Really looking forward to trying this!

if you have never used rapidweaver download the demo of 3.2 and see how easy it is to use - when 3.5 is unleashed then you will just love the new features

 

[shadowmoses]

Can anyone outline what the new features are in 3.5?

ShadoW

Edit: found it.... if anyone's interested,

What's New in 3.5?
• FREE update for all users.
• Universal Binary.
• SFTP Support added.
• New and improved interface.
• Image inspector can now add drop shadows and borders to images.
• 8 new professionally designed graphical themes (these are really, really cool).
• Greatly enhanced Blog, including permalinks, category count, ping support and more.
• Link panel can now link directly to blog entries, Podcasts, assets and individual photos.
• Formatting of images, links and text is now preserved when copying & pasting.
• Save files are now much smaller, for example this site went from 40MB to just 4.3MB.

Seems really cool look forward to trying this out!!

 

[liketom]

Can anyone outline what the new features are in 3.5?

ShadoW

so far all we have is this what Dan's put on the site , i'm sure there is lots more BTW

What's New in 3.5?
• FREE update for all users.
• Universal Binary.
• SFTP Support added.
• New and improved interface.
• Image inspector can now add drop shadows and borders to images.
• 8 new professionally designed graphical themes (these are really, really cool).
• Greatly enhanced Blog, including permalinks, category count, ping support and more.
• Link panel can now link directly to blog entries, Podcasts, assets and individual photos.
• Formatting of images, links and text is now preserved when copying & pasting.
• Save files are now much smaller, for example this site went from 40MB to just 4.3MB.*** that's the realmacsoftware website

 

[liketom]

a better list of new stuf below:



Application Updates

* Universal Binary. (Will now run natively under Mac's with Intel processors).
* Localized into French & German.
* Improved interface.
* Updated Theme viewer.
* SFTP support added.
* Image Inspector can now added drop shadows & borders to images.
* Link panel can now link directly to photos (from albums), blog entries and podcasts.
* Added "Open Last Document" option to Preferences.
* Copy+Paste, Drag+Drop and Undo with attributed strings now work.
* Typing in sidebar updates more intelligently. (waits for gap in typing)
* Added a field for placing code at the very top of the document. (i.e. php sessions)
* Image tags now have width and height attributes.
* Installing plugins now works more intelligently.
* When deleting existing site in .Mac publishing, all pages are now marked as changed so they all get re-published.
* Added check box to toggle between original code and tidied code.
* Save files are now much smaller. (Can be up to 70%)
* Option to disable update checking in Preferences.
* Many other bug fixes and improvements.

Theme Updates

* 7 New Professionally Designed Themes added.
* Added support for Unordered lists (ul, li, etc...).
* Theme support for mobile phones added.
* Improved print style sheets.
* Various browser compatibility issues fixed.

Blog Updates

* Archive & Category pages now use main site theme.
* Added support for perma links.
* Added support for Read More link.
* Issues fixed involving draft posts.
* Added Blog option to only create rss entries for posts on the front page.
* Added iTunes custom fields checkbox to the Blog Podcast sheet (was only on the main Setup sheet).
* iTunes keywords can now contain commas e.g. 1,2,3 (previously whinged about international characters).
* Ping support added.
* Category links in the sidebar now show number of posts. (Optional)
* Changed main Setup sheet button from save to OK for consistency.
* Cleaned up bugs with the advanced podcast settings not being displayed properly/crashing in Blog.
* Save as draft bug fixed.
* Many other minor fixes and improvements.

Contact Form Updates

* Re-written to stop spammers taking advantage of php mail security issue.

iFrame Updates

* iFrame width can now be set to less than 100%.

HTML Updates

* Added option for HTML plugin to emit only raw HTML.

Movie Album Updates

* Fixed quicktime issues regarding the latest version of PC IE 6.
* Users will no longer hear a short sound clip when adding movies.

Photo Album Updates

* Added collapsible large thumbnail view in edit mode.
* Improved memory and speed issues.
* Flash slideshow now shows number of images in control area.
* Now gets photo and album comments directly from iPhoto 5 or greater.
* Fixed a bug, whereby an album with a movie in it would cause an exception.
* Fixed quicktime issues regarding the latest version of PC IE 6.
* Fixed flash slideshow issues regarding the latest version of PC IE 6.

Quicktime Updates

* Save movie for Fast Start.
* Fast start caching option added.
* Auto option added.
* Loop option added.

 

[menziep]

You can get it here

http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/


the link is on the page

 

[liketom]

already downloaded - this is sooooo soooo cool

Dan and the team have done a great job on 3.5 (apart from the long lunch they took)

 

[menziep]

already downloaded - this is sooooo soooo cool

Dan and the team have done a great job on 3.5 (apart from the long lunch they took)

Yeah Know what you Mean

 

[LastLine]

Going to bump this up as I don't feel it's worht a whole new topic, but can anyone give me any advice on how to fully create a new theme from scratch?